Question

What is the dependent variable in an experiment?
A. The data recorded about the participants' behavior
B. The part of the experiment that is influenced and assigned to the participants
C. The participants in the study
D. The group that is not assigned a treatment

Answer 1

hmm wouldnt it be A?

Answer 2

A dependent variable is what you measure in the experiment and what is affected during the experiment. The dependent variable responds to the independent variable. It is called dependent because it "depends" on the independent variable.

Answer 3

so B then?

Answer 4

Example: You are interested in how stress affects heart rate in humans. Your independent variable would be the stress and the dependent variable would be the heart rate. You can directly manipulate stress levels in your human subjects and measure how those stress levels change heart rate.

Answer 5

Yes:-)

Answer 6

okay